Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tmpwatch (MDKSA-2000:056)

Previous versions of tmpwatch contained a local denial of service and root exploits. This is due to using the fork command to recursively process subdirectories which would allow a local user to perform a denial of service attack. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descripti...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDKSA-2001:003)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race condition in the way that squid sends out email messages notifying the administrator about updating the program. Usually this will only happen if you are running a development version of squid or if the clock on your system is incorrect. This probl...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : wu-ftpd (MDKSA-2000:014)

Wu-ftpd is vulnerable to a very serious remote attack in the SITE EXEC implementation. Because of user input going directly into a format string for a printf function, it is possible to overwrite important data, such as a return address, on the stack. When this is accomplished, the function can...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : inn (MDKSA-2000:023)

A vulnerability exists when verifycancels is enabled in /etc/news/inn.conf. This vulnerability could be used to gain root access on any system with inn installed. This new version also does not install inews as setgid news or rnews as setuid root. Many other security paranoia fixes have been made...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : bind (MDKSA-2002:043)

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in different implementations of the DNS resolver libraries. A remote attacker able to sent malicious DNS responses could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a DoS Denial of Service on a vulnerable system. The named daemo...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : openldap (MDKSA-2000:003)

OpenLDAP follows symbolic links when creating files. The default location for these files is /usr/tmp, which is a symlink to /tmp, which in turn is a world-writable directory. Local users can destroy the contents of any file on any mounted filesystem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Securit...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : Zope (MDKSA-2000:086)

A potential security issue exists in versions of Zope up to and including 2.2.4. This issue involves incorrect protection of a data updating method on Image and File objects. Because the method was not correctly protected, it was possible for users with DTML editing privileges to update the raw...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xpdf (MDKSA-2005:043)

Previous updates to correct integer overflow issues affecting xpdf overlooked certain conditions when built for a 64 bit platform. formerly CVE-2004-0888. This also affects applications that use embedded versions of xpdf. The updated packages are patched to deal with these issues. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : timed (MDKSA-2001:034)

The time server daemon, timed, tries to synchronize the local host time with the time of other machines on a local area network. A bug in timed, as reported by the FreeBSD Security Officer, that could be triggered remotely can crash the time server daemon. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kon2 (MDKSA-2000:028)

There is a vulnerable suid program called fld. This program accepts option input from a text file and it is possible to input arbitrary code into the stack, thus spawning a root shell. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : traceroute (MDKSA-2000:053)

There is a bug in the traceroute program which causes segfaults and which could potentially be exploited to provide root privilege because the traceroute command is suid root. There are no known exploits currently, but users are encouraged to upgrade. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Securit...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mgetty (MDKSA-2000:042)

There is a problem in the mgetty package, which contains a number of tools for sending and receiving faxes. The faxrunq tool uses a marker file in the /tmp directory, which is world-writable, in an insecure fashion. This problem, if exploited, allows malicious users to overwrite files on the syst...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : jpilot (MDKSA-2000:081)

The jpilot program automatically creates a directory called .jpilot/ in the user's home directory with 777 world read/write/execute permissions. This directory is used to store all backups, configuration and synchronized Palm Pilot information. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : nfs-utils (MDKSA-2000:021)

A bug recently discovered in the nfs-utils package can theoretically be used for gaining remote root access. While there are currently no known exploits for this bug, we recommend upgrading to the latest version which fixes the bug. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mod_perl (MDKSA-2000:046)

The configuration file, /etc/httpd/conf/addon-modules/modperl.conf contained an Options directive that was not entirely secure and allowed people to browse the /perl/ directory. This update adds the '-Indexes' directive to the Options command, thus making the directory non- browseable...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl-Digest-MD5 (MDKSA-2002:035)

A bug exists in the UTF8 interaction between the perl-Digest-MD5 module and perl that results in UTF8 strings having improper MD5 digests. The 2.20 version of the module corrects this problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xemacs (MDKSA-2000:006)

From the Caldera advisory : under some circumstances, users are able to snoop on other users' keystrokes. This is a serious problems if you use modules that require e.g. input of passwords, such as MailCrypt. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sysklogd (MDKSA-2000:050-1)

A problem exists with the kernel logging daemon klogd in the sysklogd package. A 'format bug' makes klogd vulnerable to local root compromise, as well as the possibility for remote vulnerabilities under certain circumstances, which are unprobable. There is also a more probable semi-remote exploit...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : nmh (MDKSA-2000:000)

The nmh package contains a security bug in MIME headers parsing which can be exploited to trick mhshow into executing arbitrary shell code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : Zope (MDKSA-2000:043)

The exploit that was not fixed with the previous Zope hotfix involves the getRoles method of user objects contained in the default UserFolder implementation returning a mutable Python type. Because the mutable object is still associated with the persistent User object, users with the ability to...